MORE 'PUBLIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
E-Book Lending Takes Off
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|E-Book Lending Takes Off Electronic-book lending isn’t just for friends anymore. In the past few months, online clubs with such names as BookLending.com and Lendle.me have proliferated. The sites, some of which have gathered thousands of users, allow strangers to borrow and lend e-books for Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc.’s Nook free. […]
"Ontario's history goes digital"
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|From an Article in the Ottawa Citizen: An article about the Knowledge Ontario’s Community Digitization Project (CDP). The CDP is the result of a $15-million grant from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture to the Southern Ontario Library Services and Ontario Library Services North. The project began in August 2009 after Our Ontario, the […]
From a NYPL Blog Post by Peter Bengston, Central Collection Development The recent activities of Wikileaks and Julian Assange have once again reignited the controversy of the degree to which the public has a right to unfettered access to government information. This year, Freedom of Information Day is being observed nationally on March 16. The […]
More Libraries and Librarians Weigh In On eBook Lending Limits (Roundup 2)
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup, School Libraries
|All but one of the articles linked in this post were published on May 7th and May 8th. + “Open Letter to HarperCollins” (From the San Rafael Public Library, via Librarian in Black) + “Maine libraries upset about HarperCollins’ eBook lending limits” (via The Forecaster, Portland Maine) Maine InfoNet Executive Director James Sanborn said the […]
Cory Doctorow On "eBooks: Durability is a Feature, Not a Bug"
Jobs, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports, Roundup
|Cory Doctorow, author, free-speech/info access zealot, a very mportant friend of libraries/librarians, and an editor at BoingBoing, has had an article about ebooks and the HarperCollins situation published in The Guardian. Here are a few sentences from Doctorow’s must read column: “Ebooks have loads of demerits, especially as they are marketed to libraries. They are […]
Tennessee: "New Online Archive Displays Vast Collections of Library's Memphis Room"
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Public Libraries, Resources
|From a Memphis Commercial Appeal Article: If you are interested in a sepia-toned photo of the 1932 graduating class of Central High School or an 1836 letter from William Andusentte of New Orleans to Britton Duke of Germantown regarding cotton prices, you can put on your shoes and button up your coat before heading to […]
"Justice Stephen Breyer Swears-in Susan Hildreth as New Director of IMLS"
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|From an Institute of Museum and Library Services News Release: On February 24, 2011, the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, administered a ceremonial oath of office to Susan H. Hildreth, the new Director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services before a gathering of library and […]
From the Kirtas Web Site: [France-based] i2S announces that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire a majority interest in Kirtas Technologies Inc, based in Rochester, New York, USA. The world leader in robotic bound-document digitization systems, Kirtas will complement the i2s Scanning unit product line, its distribution network, its customer profile […]
Roundup: What's the Mainstream Press Writing About the HarperCollins Story?
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
|UPDATED (Saturday, March 4, 2011): + “Publisher puts new limits on library e-books” (via Chicago Tribune) “This strikes at the heart of what we do,” said Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey, who described electronic media as the new virtual library. “With limited financial resources affecting all libraries across America, people are asking, ‘Why would […]
Digitial Public Library of America Workshop #1: Notes, Commentary and Other Materials
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|The two-day meeting took place on Monday and Tuesday at Harvard University + Digital Public Library of America Meeting-Session Notes Notes by John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. + Session #4 + Session #2 + Session #3 + Session #1 […]